Garment



April lo, w28, www2 L. F. TRAVER GARMENT Filed 001;, 5. k1926 3Sheets-Sheet 2 L. TME

GRMEN T Filed Oct. 5. 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet' 3 l 5.15- ack, 2, terminatingat the lower end in Apr. l,

NirED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

LILLIAN FORD 'EBA-VEB, OF SAND LAKE, NEW YORK. aannam.'

Application led October 5, 1926.. Serial 110.189,849.

Reference may be had to the accompany- The front and back of the garmentmay ing drawings, and the reference characters be made ot a single pieceof fabric or -of marked thereon, which form a part of this separatepieces united by Side seams, 8, and specification. Similar lcharactersrefer to the garment may be provided with sleeves, 9,

6 similar parts in the several figures therein. if desired.

. The principal object of the invention is to l have shown the garmentin the preferred provide a nether garment, or the nether porform of acombination garment for which tion of a combination garment with a bettethe invention is particularly adapted and fitting and more comfortablecrotch and the upper portion of the garment may be groin portion. wornas an outer shirt while the nether por- ()ther ob'ects will appear inconnection tion is shown as underdrawers. with the fo owing descrlption.It desired the body of the garment may Fig. 1 of the. drawings is a viewin front be fashioned as indicated by the dotted elevation of acombination garment embody-v curved lines, 8, in Fig. 2.

injmy invention, The crotch and groin portions of the garig, 2 is a rearelevation 0f the Same, ment are formed by two overlapping double Fig. 3is a plan view of one of the two gussets, 10, 10, and 11, 11, themembers of piege gusset-,5 used in forming the crotch and .each Of SaidgUSSetS being joined 'IOgel'lllel.' groin portions of the garment. by abulging seam, 12.'

Fig, 4 is a cross section of the saine on a The seamed together edges ofthe two memlarger scale' taken on the broken line 12e-4 bers 0f eachgusset are cut on curved lines, in Fig. 3. the edge, 20, of the member,10 or 10, which Fig. 5 is a plan view of the more acutely forms thelower inner corner of the gusset curved gusset member. bemg Fig. 6 is asimilar viewv of the less acutely curved gusset member.

Fig. 7 is a plan view illustrating the mani ner in which the gussetmembers are stitched together.

These differently curved edgesY of the gusset members are stitchedtogether in the manner shown in Fig. 7, the ed e of one or ig 8 is aGross Section taken on the both of said members bein distorted or brokenline 8 8 in Fig; 7,' shirred sufciently to cause Fig; 9 is a. plan viewof the two-piece' gusing edges of the two members to substanset shown inFig. 3 with the straight line tlally aline with each other. edges of thetwo members of rthe gusset When the sset members have been thus sultantgusset will bulge or present a fullness along the seam asdiagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 4.

one of the straight line edges of the back opening in the body of thegarment.

Fig. 10 is a plan view .of a broken-awa portion of the garment showingthe bac The, projectin edge, 13, of the gusset -o ning in the body ofthe garment with member, 10, m 1g. 7 1s for the purpose of ce innerdouble gusset attached thereto. making a felled seam as shown in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings wherein the in- The gusset members, 10 and 11,are trianvention is shown in preferred form, the body gular in generalform with one side curved f the garment includes, a front, 1, and a asabove described.

The double gusset formed 4as above delegs 3, seamed along their innersides at 4. scribed has a straight line edge, 14, on the The body of thegarment is cut at the member, 10 or 11, forming an obtuseangle front onconvergent lines, 5, from the upper with a straight edge, 15, on thecomplementerminations of the respective inner seams to a point, 6,substantially above the shown 1n Fig. 3.

crotch, 7 of the garment. The back of the garment is formed with curvedto a greaterdegree than the ati tached edge', 21, of the other gussetmember',

e correspondy sa drawn into alinement as forA attachment to stitchedtoget er and are opened out, the re' leg tary member, 10a or 11'?, ofthe gusset, as 100 9 right hand edge of said back opening on the an oenin 16, the edges'of'which are cut on stpraigh lines longitudinally ofthe garment, and when the double gussets are to be i attached to thegarment, thetwo edges, 14,

of the double usset are brought into :liiiejincnt with each ther, andvstitched or seamed to one of the straight edges of the back opening,16, as shown in Fig. 10, in which the inner of the two double gussets isshown attached by stitching, 17, to the inner side of the body of thegarment, so

that the free edge of the gusset is within theA bod of the arment.

IiiY like mainer, the other double gusset is attached to the oppositestraight edge of the at tion the garment may be madeoi any hind jtogether.

of cloth, I prefer to make it of textile fabric and have indicated byshade lines on certain figures of the drawings the direction of theinterwoven threads.

When made of such textile fabric with the threads arranged as shown, thestra-ight edges, 14 and 15, will beparallel with the longitudinalthreads of the fabric, and therefore parallel with the longitudinalthreads of the body and the fabric along the straight edges of the backopening, 16.

In thus cutting the gusset members, the seemed-together curved edges, 20and 21, of the gusset members, will be cut on the bias, thusfacilitating such stretching or distortion of the fabric as may be'necessary in bringing said differently curved edges into substantialalineinent in stitching the same he front ends of the respective doublegussets are stitched to the respective convergeht front edges, 5, of thegarment, as

shown in Fig. l.

The crotch or groin portions of the garment are thus provided with afullness oi` capacity, due not only to the triangular form of the gussetmembers, and 10", but also to the bulging seam, 12, above described.

For certain purposes of the invention, the bulging seam-may be formed inany known manner. but I have ascertained that by forming the saine inthe preferred manner above described by means of the differently curvededges, and 21, on the gusset membersl` the desired fullness and capacitycan be obmamas tained for the crotch and groin portions of the garmentwhile maintaining a graceful form of the garment.

In adapting the garment for use as combined drawers and outer shirt, thebody of 7n the garment is provided with a neckband, 22, and is made openthroughout the front to form an ordinary shirt-front closed by buttonsand buttonholes as illustrated in Vhat I claim as new and desire tosecure by` Letters Patent is:

1. In combinationwith .a bifurcated garment having a crotch openingextending upwardly to front and rear oints substantially above thecrotch, a rear e ge of said opening running downwardly on a strai htline from said rear point, and the continuing front edge runningupwardly to saidfront point,

a gusset comprising a main portion extend- 8l portion being securedtosaid iront edge of the garment opening. x

2. In combination with a bifurcated arinent having a crotch openingexten ing upwardly to front and rear points substantially above thecrotch, -a rear edge of said opening ruiming downwardly on a straightline from said rear'point, and the continuing front edge runningupwardly to said front point, a gusset comprising a main portionextending throughout said opening and secured -at said front and'rearpoints, and a triangular supplementary portion joined at one edge to theedge of said main portion adjacent the front extremity of the latter,the intersecting edges of sai portions forming a reentrant angle, saidlast named edges being secured to said rear ed e of the garment openingto cause a gat ering of the gusset at the crotch, the remaining edge ofsaid supplementary portion being secured to said front edge of thegarment opening7 the joined edges of said gusset sections being cut oncurved lines, as and for the purpose described.

3. In combination with a bifurcated garment having a crotch openingextending upwardly to front and rear points substantially above thecrotch, a rear edge of said open ing' running downwardly on a straightline from said rear point, and the continuing iii-ont edge ruimingupwardly to said-front a reentrant 00 lll point, a gusset comprising amain portion extending throughout said opening and secured at saidl'ront aiidrear points, and a triangular supplementary portion joined atadjacent the front extremit one edge tothe edge of said main portion ofthe latter, the intersecting edges of sai portions forming a reentrantangle, said last named edges being secured to said rear edge of thegarment opening to cause a, gat ering of the gusset at the crotch, theremaining edge of said supplementary portion being secured to said frontedge of the garment opening, the

joined edges of said gusset sections being 10 cut on curved lines, theline of said supplementary gusset section being more sharply curved thanthe line of said main gusset section, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 15 my hand this 27th day ofJuly, 1926.

LILLIAN FORD TRAVER.

